The Official Manchester United Thread (Vol 9)
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BMW A6 said:
chow pan toon said:
BMW A6 said:
It's what you do with it, that counts.
Why my willy serves me proud.
Our big Willy stood hard against the red tide tonight Why my willy serves me proud.
I might be wrong but read it back and if it still has you rolling on the floor with laughter then I’m sorry carry on.
Gone a bit AMG said:
wjb said:
Good game overall, fair result but I think Wolves had a easy ride tonight.
You looked half decent at times, but toothless up front. Two shots on target all game, and only one after wolves drew level (the penalty) says it all really.
Interesting point. Toothless upfront/? Crosses that don’t find a man don’t feature in normal stats but a good cross is key to a fair few goals. We were lively on the wings and looked good. Spurs had two shots on target yesterday.....You looked half decent at times, but toothless up front. Two shots on target all game, and only one after wolves drew level (the penalty) says it all really.
Wolves are a really good side, but surely you can't compare last night's result to spurs going to Man City, spurs struggled against them and got a really good point, one I'd be proud of my own team getting, but two shots against wolves can only be described as toothless imo.
If we go away and do the same I'd be just as critical of my own team.
Their keeper faced one shot on target in open play in 90 minutes. Can't really ignore that.
There were points when you were literally hanging on, Wolves will be just as disappointed as you should be I reckon.
in terms of creativitiy i'd put Sanchez where lingard was playing last night - of all the forwards he appeared to be the most ineffective.
sanchez has the same energy but is a better passer and potential chance creator - i would deffo give him a run in the side - even Mata who is our best passer of the ball should have had more minutes. he can't do that role for 90 but he deserved a bit longer.
i think in the second half we were guilty of trying to play the wonder ball instead of attacking the space a bit more - Pogba, Mctominay, rashford all wasted good opportunities but the movement up front was inconsistent and AWB and LS are different types of fullback.
I thought AWB was excellent again and James will come good he just needs to calm down a bit but jeez he is quick.
i'm a tad dissapointed in that we missed the penalty but its only the second game and wolves are a really good team who will beat many teams especially at home. they started slowly and we dominated and but for a wonder goal and a missed penalty it would have been ours.
we are definitely back but not the complete article.
sanchez has the same energy but is a better passer and potential chance creator - i would deffo give him a run in the side - even Mata who is our best passer of the ball should have had more minutes. he can't do that role for 90 but he deserved a bit longer.
i think in the second half we were guilty of trying to play the wonder ball instead of attacking the space a bit more - Pogba, Mctominay, rashford all wasted good opportunities but the movement up front was inconsistent and AWB and LS are different types of fullback.
I thought AWB was excellent again and James will come good he just needs to calm down a bit but jeez he is quick.
i'm a tad dissapointed in that we missed the penalty but its only the second game and wolves are a really good team who will beat many teams especially at home. they started slowly and we dominated and but for a wonder goal and a missed penalty it would have been ours.
we are definitely back but not the complete article.
Nom de ploom said:
in terms of creativitiy i'd put Sanchez where lingard was playing last night - of all the forwards he appeared to be the most ineffective.
sanchez has the same energy but is a better passer and potential chance creator - i would deffo give him a run in the side - even Mata who is our best passer of the ball should have had more minutes. he can't do that role for 90 but he deserved a bit longer.
i think in the second half we were guilty of trying to play the wonder ball instead of attacking the space a bit more - Pogba, Mctominay, rashford all wasted good opportunities but the movement up front was inconsistent and AWB and LS are different types of fullback.
I thought AWB was excellent again and James will come good he just needs to calm down a bit but jeez he is quick.
i'm a tad dissapointed in that we missed the penalty but its only the second game and wolves are a really good team who will beat many teams especially at home. they started slowly and we dominated and but for a wonder goal and a missed penalty it would have been ours.
we are definitely back but not the complete article.
Lingard was pretty useless and just ran around a lot. Gomes would be a far better 10 than he is as he's clever like Mata but has a lot more pace. He's our future 10 imo.sanchez has the same energy but is a better passer and potential chance creator - i would deffo give him a run in the side - even Mata who is our best passer of the ball should have had more minutes. he can't do that role for 90 but he deserved a bit longer.
i think in the second half we were guilty of trying to play the wonder ball instead of attacking the space a bit more - Pogba, Mctominay, rashford all wasted good opportunities but the movement up front was inconsistent and AWB and LS are different types of fullback.
I thought AWB was excellent again and James will come good he just needs to calm down a bit but jeez he is quick.
i'm a tad dissapointed in that we missed the penalty but its only the second game and wolves are a really good team who will beat many teams especially at home. they started slowly and we dominated and but for a wonder goal and a missed penalty it would have been ours.
we are definitely back but not the complete article.
Although that was progress from last season, it still doesn't fill me with much confidence. We are only set up to counter and when teams sit in and defend, we create barely anything. All that possession and we did hardly anything with it, 2 shots on target.
Rashford should have taken the penalty, he should be our penalty taker full stop as Pogba misses them far too often.
But it's still early days and it is a young team, at least we look solid at the back now!
Rashford should have taken the penalty, he should be our penalty taker full stop as Pogba misses them far too often.
But it's still early days and it is a young team, at least we look solid at the back now!
This was NEVER going to change in one season, we all know that but at least it's a good start and we've strengthened where we were desperate to with Maguire and Bisakka. The relief of not seeing Young, Jones and Smalling on the team sheet is glorious.
We've made good progress and the team looks together and heading in the right direction for the first time since SAF days.
We've made good progress and the team looks together and heading in the right direction for the first time since SAF days.
Zoon said:
SaggyOstrich said:
Rashford should have taken the penalty, he should be our penalty taker full stop as Pogba misses them far too often.
I agree, he will never face a penalty with so much pressure as the PSG game but took that one brilliantly as well.Pogba isn't clinical enough.
GTO-3R said:
This was NEVER going to change in one season, we all know that but at least it's a good start and we've strengthened where we were desperate to with Maguire and Bisakka. The relief of not seeing Young, Jones and Smalling on the team sheet is glorious.
We've made good progress and the team looks together and heading in the right direction for the first time since SAF days.
All very good points. We need to focus on the direction of travel, rather than on each individual result or miss or mistake. This applies most to panic artists like me!We've made good progress and the team looks together and heading in the right direction for the first time since SAF days.
On another point, personally, I’m not entirely persuaded that James is good enough to start, but I’m giving the lad the benefit of the doubt. He’s the kind of player that can suddenly turn a corner and become awesome.
ORD said:
All very good points. We need to focus on the direction of travel, rather than on each individual result or miss or mistake. This applies most to panic artists like me!
On another point, personally, I’m not entirely persuaded that James is good enough to start, but I’m giving the lad the benefit of the doubt. He’s the kind of player that can suddenly turn a corner and become awesome.
Agree with all of thisOn another point, personally, I’m not entirely persuaded that James is good enough to start, but I’m giving the lad the benefit of the doubt. He’s the kind of player that can suddenly turn a corner and become awesome.
I think James looks a proper talent but still young, I do think he'll improve quickly though and if its between him or Mata/Jesse on the wings...
anonymous said:
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James has bundles of talent but he just needs to refine his final ball, which he will. Then he will scare the s
t out of defenders.I was very impressed with Traore for them too, he's a beast and if he can string games together playing like that then he'll be unstoppable. Shaw had no clue what to do!
SaggyOstrich said:
Although that was progress from last season, it still doesn't fill me with much confidence. We are only set up to counter and when teams sit in and defend, we create barely anything. All that possession and we did hardly anything with it, 2 shots on target.
Rashford should have taken the penalty, he should be our penalty taker full stop as Pogba misses them far too often.
But it's still early days and it is a young team, at least we look solid at the back now!
Like you said, it's early days.Rashford should have taken the penalty, he should be our penalty taker full stop as Pogba misses them far too often.
But it's still early days and it is a young team, at least we look solid at the back now!
Wolves are a very competent side.
BMW A6 said:
Wolves are a very competent side.
Thats as may be but we need to put these games to bed to show real progress.A draw there isn’t bad but it screams “not a top 4 team yet” to me. Nicking these games by the odd goal is what I expect Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea (to a lesser extent) to do this season.
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